SP 12 Group Assignment 2

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ASSIGNMENT DUE MONDAY 3/12/12 @ 10AM – 50 points


To Do:
  1. Form groups of 4 people maximum. You do not have to all be in the same lab section for this assignment.
    1. Elect a chair to serve as the main administrator for the group.
    2. Exchange contact information
  2. The chair must gather the contact information of all group members in class today and come up to the podium TODAY for Casey to enter in the LIS3353 wiki.
  3. Review the following websites on crowdsourcing:
    1. http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/07/10-awesome-examples-of-crowdsourcing-in-the-college-classroom/
    2. http://crowdsourcingexamples.pbworks.com/w/page/16668404/FrontPage
    3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing
  4. Create a PAGE in your wordpress.com blog (NOT a “new post”) and provide the following information on this page. Title the page: Group Assignment #2 – LIS 3353 – Crowdsourcing.
  5. The assignment must be submitted by Monday, 3/12/12 at 10AM to http://bit.ly/lis3353-ga2 from EACH group member.

Crowdsourcing at FSU
  1. Define crowdsourcing in your own words. Cite your resources using APA 6th Edition style (see footnote).
  2. Give 3 examples (that you like) of how crowdsourcing has been used (search the popular press/Google news/Wikipedia and links provided)
  3. Assume you have been hired by a local Tallahassee business to use crowdsourcing to help them get more customers, increase sales, etc.
    1. Identify a type of business (fast food, retail, advertising, auto, government, educational, etc.).
    2. Provide business name (choose one you may know).
    3. List and explain 3 ways that crowdsourcing can be used to assist them.
  4. Assume you have been hired by FSU to use crowdsourcing to help them improve student services, student experiences on campus, student life in general, etc.
    1. List and explain 5 ways that crowdsourcing can be used to assist them
    2. For each idea – give an example (possibly with a link)


See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for reference on APA.